Of course people of faith aren't mentally ill. As someone who has a mental illness I can assure you it is nothing like having a belief in God. Dawkins thinks he makes some profound statement when he says something like "who created the creator". Any freshman philosophy student can answer that question with ease. Also the definition of faith is sort of a popular one and is not really the accurate definition. As the great philosopher Dr. Craig says faith is "a way of trusting in something that you think or know to be true".
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Great point. There is another definition within the Bible as faith being the "substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen." I tried to go with a simpler definition that an empiricist would accept. Trust and yieldedness are probably the most accurate definitions as you've mentioned.
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